I searched but couldn't find any pre-existing lists or posts about shark week so thought I'd ask you all here : What's your favourite(s) shark related stories or nonfiction books? And also, what are you reading for shark week this year (if you participate)?

I try to watch Jaws every few years, but have never read the book. Maybe I'll do that this year 👀

Everyone always talks about their favourite adaptations, but let’s flip it and talk about adaptations of our favourite books that are just…terrible. Awful. Horrendous. Inaccurate. This is inspired by my very specific thoughts on the Odyssey after watching it this afternoon in the cinema. So, please feel free to insult adaptations you think are just terrible ❤️

Just as the tittle says, when was the book you're reading published?

I've come across multiple authors claiming that they feel like if their book is not found and read on the first few weeks or months, it will never be.

So, I've been wondering is that true? I personally couldn't care less about when the book was published, just if I find it interesting to eventually read or immediately pick it up ^^ I think, unless you're someone that tends to read more classics, we do read somewhat recent books, because those are the ones that tend to be everywhere and talked about all the time. Yet, I don't think it prevents us to reach books much later as well ^^

So where do you stand? When was your current read published? I'm currently reading The God and The Gwisin, that was published in 2025. It's fairly recent.

So far I’ve just been rating/reviewing the books I have something more lengthy to say about, but I wonder if it might be worth it to just rate all my completed books and not worry about leaving a “proper” review 🤔

I was thinking about culturally important things (books/music/films/TV shows) that I haven't experienced. It's evident that some of them took the media and people's minds like a storm and made a huge impact on the culture. And I wonder if my initial prejudice ("Ew that's so mainstream/stupid/boring/ridiculous and I don't want to participate in it!") in this matter is the wrong way to approach it. Can it be that I'm missing out on a huge chunk of culture and therefore I'm unable to understand its gravity? Does it make sense? Do you relate?

I was reading some reviews, and I was surprised to see many of the negative reviews citing misogyny and other "problematic content" as the reason for their low ratings. While I understand that many readers prefer books to be escapist fantasies and would rather not deal with real-life issues such as bigotry during their free time, I don't understand the growing sentiment that disagreeing with the morals of a book's characters makes the book inherently bad or unenjoyable.

The Princess Bride, in particular, is heavily satirical. I read it as portraying misogyny in order to critique society and the fantasy and romance genres, specifically at the time the book was written. Of course, satirical intent does not exempt a book from criticism, and those who didn't like the book aren't wrong for disagreeing with my interpretation. But I do wonder if the pervading moral rigidity of the reading community (and society at large) is preventing readers from considering this and similar books from a different perspective.

As the title asks what is a series you never finished and why? I remember reading book 1 of Red Queen and being so disappointed with the ending that I promised myself I wouldn't read the rest of the series. So I went and searched about my favorite character's (Maven) ending and well it wasn't what I expected. 😭 This feels like such a bad reason but I just can't get myself to do it. 🤷‍♀️ Does anybody else have stupid reasons? Edit: I wrote title wrong. 🥲

I am ignoring my tbr rn. What are the books you think deserve more hype on pg specifically?

I'd say midnight bargain by Polk. It's the only romance book I've seen have an aroace important character with a happy ending. 🥹 Also the magic system is chef kiss

Navigating with you by Jeremy Whitley is a graphic novel romance between two girls united by the love of manga. And one of them is terrified of people finding out she's disabled.

Also Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey. It's a duology that's reimagining of LOTR from Sauron's POV that contains the best romance I've seen in a while.